ESPN reacts to Paolo Banchero has 2nd career triple-double, Magic beat Pelicans 121-106
It’s Pelicans live presented by Toyo and you can bet we’re going to get into that Miami Showdown coming up on the show for now Ain hardigan welcoming you in alongside NBA analyst Madison Hawk who sat with me here at the half looking at the numbers thinking man this Orlando
Squad is doing to New Orleans what New Orleans typically does to other teams especially from long range you got to give credit where credit is due right that’s what we do on this show and tonight a lot of the credit goes to to Orlando New Orleans didn’t play a bad
Game by any means Orlando was just one step ahead it seems like they caught up when New Orleans came out of the gate in the first quarter with all the momentum well then Orlando responded and how did they respond well you mentioned it they did it by shooting from behind the ark
Which is kind of unprecedented for then the Pelicans when was the last time you and I if at all that you and I sat here at the desk saying that long time ago you know long time ago and and so yeah I’m I’m I am sitting here tonight in awe
Of this magic team and and what they’ve built there because keep in mind they picked up you know poo B was the top pick in 2022 that was following first round picks Jaylen Suggs and fron Vagner and those three that three-headed monster uh that’s going to be a fun one
To follow in the East the chemistry right now with the magic is is really impressive and we talk about when it comes to matchups you want as many weapons in Your Arsenal as you can get in the playoffs and that’s what excites me the most about New Orleans is they
Have multiple weapons Orlando does too what Suggs has done he has really elevated his game a ton especially in this season there was some question last season of where’s he going to fit in is he going to be able to keep up is he going to be able to be the shooter that
He was in college well he has been really good in this season and um with the magic but it’s all because of poo Ben Caro and his leadership as well and he’s a young guy but he brings so much to this game we saw that tonight yeah
Just his second season I’m in admiration of just his leadership and his Moxy on the floor as well worth noting their bench had 48 points uh as well and so in his Arsenal offensively and then he brings it defensively as well he’s able to go Coast to Coast for this magic team
And he also has a lot of freedom right now which you have to give a lot of credit to the head coach of the magic Jamal Mosley and just being a him letting Ben Caro play and letting the game come to him you can tell that he
Has really taken a lot of strides this season because of that I like I like that point that’s a great when allowing players to be who they are and really possess kind of what they do well and you saw that from Pao banero again if you if you saw the little footnote there
Second career triple double in just his second season in the NBA not bad speaking of another young guy that has captured the attention League wide Trey Murphy for New Orleans he Paces the squad here tonight with 21 Off the Bench and and he came alive in that first
Quarter he certainly kind of he helped try to set the tone there again credit to the magic for responding uh but what did you make of Trey out in yeah we talked about half he finished with 10 in the first quarter 11 in the third quarter so two excellent quarters for
Them for Trey Murphy when the Pelicans needed him steing in in the absence of Brandon Ingram as well and you even that was something you were kind of keeping an eye on as soon as Brandon went down in the third quarter you’re like tre’s going to step in for him and it’s
Another thing that we have talked about so much here and we were talking about this as well it’s pick your poison once again with the Pelicans we hope the is okay looks like he might have hyperextended his knee so hopefully we’ll get an update on his injury and
His status from Ry green coming up in the show but I like how Trey Murphy came in he brought it he brought the energy he brought the passion and we talk so much Trey National media loves to talk about Trey and his ability to shoot from behind the ark and yes his three-pointer
His jumper is a thing of beauty but he’s putting the ball on the floor more and more each game and you saw him with those two huge slam dunks he’s running the floor he’s well conditioned he looks like a really polished player right now yeah the evolution of Trey Murphy in
Just his third season of the uh NBA has been a thing of joy to witness here as we are just getting started on felan our game plan discipline we have to be better in that area and um they give them credit they were uh more mentally
Tougher than we were and they were more disciplined tonight and so you know the beauty in the NBA is you get to do it again tomorrow against another tough opponent so um we got to correct some of some of the issues that we is self-inflicted the
Turnovers not boxing out as far as uh defending the three-point line and shooting threes what would you like to see differently tomorrow we we have to create three-point opportunities for for each other and um this is one of their strengths defensively they try to take away threes we know it every time the
Ball goes from side to side we got good we got quality looks uh but 23s is not enough you mentioned another chance tomorrow it’s a big one considering what happened last time versus the Miami Heat is your locker room remembering that game home at all and the ejections the
Ruckus I’m sure both teams will be excited to play the game uh for sure you know no no one’s forgot what happened uh but for us it’s it’s about winning a game in between the lines it’s not all the all of the other stuff it’s it’s being physical in the right way
Executing in the right way being disciplined in the right way and it you know and trying to do what we can to win the game and can you give us any more information on the no I we don’t have any information right now he’s he’s getting other than he’s getting MRI and
Getting some Imaging done yeah you look just like in quite a bit pain you left it’s extremely difficult to see him go down um our prayers will will will be going up tonight and you know hopefully we get some good news back what do you feel like they did to
Limito uh extremely handsy team they got deflections they got steals you know when you have 19 turnovers as a group and they score 25 points it it’s tough to win on anyone’s home floor and then you add the 22 chance points so those two factors right there that’s you know
Death in the NBA yeah I think they took three charges out the E just what you what you see there them you know offense they did a good job of getting into the paint meeting them at the basket um I thought once again he he could have got
Some calls that didn’t go his way but you know we’ll give credit to them they were the better team tonight and we have to regroup and get back after it all right thank you yeah he mentioned there right off the top the self-inflicted wounds by the team here
Tonight uh how do you best clean that up moving into a quick back toback tomorrow well the good thing is is they face Miami tomorrow New Orleans does and Miami is not great at Second Chance opportunities they’re also not great of scoring off of points off turnovers so
That is one positive however we also mentioned Willie Green say not much of an update on Braden Ingram which is a bummer hopefully bi is fine we were talking at halftime we feel like bi was due for a big game and it looked like it
Was going that way and it looked like he was getting on a roll so hopefully he is okay hopefully we know more heading into tomorrow’s game because Pelicans are going to need bi going up against Miami and uh all that went down last time yeah
Yeah uh ad and Joel might want to like bring helmets based on the the way things went down sideline uh not long ago at the Smoothie King Center in fact we’re going to preview more of that heat Showdown heat and then uh just recently the two teams got together pleasantries
During that cont contest and then they’re been on a rooll and you know they’re going to get into you defensively right that that’s that’s what heat culture is right you’re going to have to you have to go into Miami with a certain mentality you have to understand the the style of game that’s
Coming it kind of reminds me of almost throwback 80s Eastern Conference back basketball right they’re going to get low they’re going to be physical they’re going to hold they’re going to grab and you have to be able to offset and play through that physicality yeah and
They’re not as deep we’ll see if Duncan Robinson plays tomorrow night cuz he missed the last game for them they’re not as deep as the team we watch tonight this team is Orlando they go 910 deep but the seven or eight that Miami throws at you and they throw up a lot of
Triples as well they do and you said I don’t know how many times on the broadcast tonight in your 100 % correct we have to understand the pace and space of today’s league right right other teams are getting up a lot of Threes you
Have to find a way not just to get up threes but to knock down some of those three-point shots as well without a doubt P Rod scored tonight by 24 points from Beyond The Arc that was a one of the areas they they needed to concentrate on besides the turnovers and
Hopefully they’ll clean it up tomorrow night let’s head back to the studio guys looking forward to it safe travels to Miami and keep in mind New Orleans is Seeking a series split as they mentioned with the heat on that second of a backtack before they head to
Detroit to conclude this four game East Coast Swing keep in mind Sunday’s game will be much earlier it’s an afternoon start a mat if you will however when you look at tomorrow’s uh reunion of sorts I liked what they what they called it uh the the pleasantries that were last
Exchanged with all of that considered uh how are you feeling about tomorrow the Pelicans got to take care of the basketball Joel and AD just alluded to it [Applause] spee fore for spe First Blood No the shackles are show me your p an enemy has been defeated an enemy has been Defeated shall we enter a covenant desty a tower Ally has been defeated of Destiny Bren An ally has been defeated you have been defeated an ally has been defeated blood makes everything better an ally has been Defeated watch over your tower has dest will be mine forever For fore foreign foreign speeech oh game it First Blood an ally has been defeated oh an enemy has been defeated an ally has been Defeated enemy double Kill you have defeated your team destroyed the tower enemy ultimate an ally has been Defeated for smoke scream you have been defeated your tower has been destroyed shut down Spee try to run Away you have defeated an enemy dou kill Noe get
ESPN reacts to Paolo Banchero has 2nd career triple-double, Magic beat Pelicans 121-106
